Nick Laeder
09-17-2010, 10:40 AM
I admit it, I'm a complete newb to the fine tolerances of furniture work. I'm learning as probably most here did - by making mistakes.
I am building the Tabouret out of Woodworking magazine a while back. First hand cut mortises, but I don't have any decent saws, so I used a dado blade to cut the tenons. Was cleaning them up and doing the final fit with my router plane, and I somehow went way too deep on one. I probably need to add 1/16 to each side.
How do I fix this? Can I just saw out a chunk <1/16 and glue it on the tenon cheeks? I imagine I should wait a couple of days for the glue to fully cure before attacking it again?
I need this to be good. I didn't buy enough material to scrap this whole piece (I know, another lesson learned). It's from some nice walnut cutoffs from a cabinet shop that the local woodwoorking supply house had for a buck a board. The last time I was in there, they didn't have any more. Shoulda bought the whole stock, but I didn't.
I am building the Tabouret out of Woodworking magazine a while back. First hand cut mortises, but I don't have any decent saws, so I used a dado blade to cut the tenons. Was cleaning them up and doing the final fit with my router plane, and I somehow went way too deep on one. I probably need to add 1/16 to each side.
How do I fix this? Can I just saw out a chunk <1/16 and glue it on the tenon cheeks? I imagine I should wait a couple of days for the glue to fully cure before attacking it again?
I need this to be good. I didn't buy enough material to scrap this whole piece (I know, another lesson learned). It's from some nice walnut cutoffs from a cabinet shop that the local woodwoorking supply house had for a buck a board. The last time I was in there, they didn't have any more. Shoulda bought the whole stock, but I didn't.